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GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 4. 191s.

1,352, 382. Patented Sept. 7 1920.

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To all whom t may concern:

,Be ity known lthat I, Devin R. RIDDICK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rawlins, in the county of Carbon and State of Vyoming, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers;

and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled intheart to which it appertains to malte and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive, yetan efti` cient and durable garment hanger which will be quickly andeasily adjustable for garments of different size, and with this objectin view, the invention resides vin the novel features of constructionand unique association ofV parts hereinafterl fully deff,`

iiexible garment supporting arms and they spreader rod which extendsbetween said arms.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates asupporting member from which a pair of resilient arms 2 divergedownwardly, while the numeral. 3 has reference to a spreader rodextending between the ends of said arms 2, connections 4 being providedfor so connecting said rod and arms as to permitthe former to beadjusted vertically along the latter to vary the inclination of the arms2. Y l

Supporting member l is preferably in the form of a vertical plate havingits vertical edges turned inwardly to provide beads 5 in which the upperends of the arms 2 are anchored, said arms being herein shown as formedby the two halves of a single coil of wire, although separate pieceswill be used for the two arms. The upper edge of the supporting memberor plate l is turned inwardly to form an additional bead 6 hav-Specification of Letters Patenti ing an' peiling 7 iafwich t'hef haar`alla supporting Shook 8 isimounted.V 'Although this construction may befollowed if desired,

other details could well be used.

l Patentedlsept. '7,1 1920. i" Applicationled November 4,1918.",vSerialirNo. k261,*034. f f

ln most cases the spreader rod 3 will be n v formed-of two telescopingsections 9 having any suitablermeans such asa set screw 10 for securingthem against relative movement. By loosening the screw or other fastenerl0, however, the width ofthe hanger may be varied according to the sizeof the garment to be supported thereby.

The connections 4 might be of any adequate construction to permit theirvertical adjustmenty along the arms 2, buty they are preferably in theformy of metal eyes whose bores 1l slidably receive the arms 2 and byreference to Fig. 5, it will beseen that the metal. edgesat the endsOfsai'd'bores, bite opposite sides of the coiled wirefarms The resilientaction of the wire hasahtendency to move the downwardly extending endsof :the arms 2 outwardly' in alinement with the inclined portions ofsaid arms, and this actioncants the arms in the eyes 4 so as to causejthe latter to effectively grip` the former;

--For alarge garment, the rod 3 is shifted to'the lower extremities ofthe arms 2 and is extended in length.y Forvsmaller articles tended intoengagement with the waist band.

If desired, however, the skirt or trousers may lbefolded and passed overthe rod 3, although this is in most cases undesirable since it tends tocrease the yclothing where the fold takes place.

From thefforegoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,yit will be seen that I have provided an extremely simple andinexpensive device, yet one which' will be highly eflicient and in everyway desirable. Since excellent results are obtained from vthe detailsshown and described, they may well be followed, but within the scope Y Yl. In a garment hanger, a support provided with a suspending device, ahorizontal, longitudinally eXtensible and Yretractable spreader belowsaid support and provided Vwith guides at its ends, and a pair ofselfstraightening spring arms diverging downwardly from said support,thelower ends of said spring armsV being 'sprung downwardly and insertedunder tension through :said guides without destroying theirselfstraightening qualities, whereby a constant outward stress isexerted on said lower ends of the arms to yieldably hold them againstsliding through said guides.

2. In a garment hanger, a support, a pair of resilient arms VdivergingAdownwardly 20 from said support and formed or' coiled wire, a spreaderrod extending between the ends of said arms, and eyes at the ends Aofsaid rod through which said arms pass slidably, said eyes normallygripping the convolutions of the wire to prevent slippage.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

DAVID R. RIDDICK.

